2.3 Internal Fores Within Structures

First Complete your Internal Forces Marshmallow Activity.
Second, Complete your Internal Forces Virtual Lab.
Third, Make a mini booklet of information for your science portfolio



Internal Forces Activities:


Forces Building Big Virtual LAB:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html




Dynamic Dictionary:
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/forces.htm


Make a booklet for your science portfolio:





Pages for your information booklet:

Page 1 - Title Page: Internal Forces
Page 2 - Tension
Page 3 - Compression
Page 4 - Torsion
Page 5 - Shear
Page 6 - Bending
Page 7 - Tacoma Bridge notes

Page 8 - put glue on this page so that you can attach it to your science portfolio






Forces Strong Man Game:
http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/forces-of-wonder


Videos:



Tension and Compression:



Sometimes Structures get stressed, fatigued and they eventually fail. Here is an example...

Torsion and Shear Fail: